Makedonia · Macedonia

What it means

Makedonia (Μακεδονία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Macedonia”.

The region of northern Greece.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Macedonia

  Today: northern Greece, plus North Macedonia and Bulgaria

  A region of northern Greece, by the north of the Aegean Sea.

  Paul saw in a vision a man begging, "Come over to Macedonia and help us" (Acts 16:9). There he started the assemblies in Philippi, Thessalonica and Berea (Acts 16–17).

  Acts 16:9Acts 20:12 Corinthians 8:1Philippians 4:15

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×8
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×6
• Philippians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×3
• 1 Timothy×1

• Acts 16:9

  And a vision appeared to Paul during the night: a certain Macedonian man was standing and urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”

• Acts 16:10

  And when he saw the vision, at once we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

• Acts 16:12

  and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. And we were staying in this city some days.

• Acts 18:5

  And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was wholly occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

• Acts 19:21

  And when these things were completed, Paul resolved in the spirit to go to Jerusalem after passing through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, “After I have been there, I must see Rome also.”

• Acts 19:22

  And having sent into Macedonia two of those who served him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed for a time in Asia.

• Acts 20:1

  And after the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and having encouraged them and said farewell, he departed to go to Macedonia.

• Acts 20:3

  And after he had spent three months there, when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

• Romans 15:26

  For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain collection for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

• 1 Corinthians 16:5

  And I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia;

• 2 Corinthians 1:16

  and to pass through you into Macedonia, and to come back from Macedonia to you and to be sent on my way by you to Judea.

• 2 Corinthians 2:13

  I had no rest in my spirit because I did not find Titus my brother; but saying goodbye to them, I went out to Macedonia.

• 2 Corinthians 7:5

  For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way: outside fights, inside fears.

• 2 Corinthians 8:1

  Now we make known to you, brothers, the grace of God that has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,

• 2 Corinthians 11:9

  And when I was present with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need; and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will keep myself so.

• Philippians 4:15

  And you also know, Philippians, that in the beginning of the good news, when I left Macedonia, no assembly shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you alone;

• 1 Thessalonians 1:7

  so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

• 1 Thessalonians 1:8

  For from you the word of the Lord has sounded forth not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:10

  for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, to abound more and more,

• 1 Timothy 1:3

  As I urged you, when I was going to Macedonia, to remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain people not to teach other doctrines

And 2 more times.